Where does “aha” come from?

aha (Rapa Nui) comes from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian afa, from Proto-Oceanic apa, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian apa, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian apa — what.

aha (Rapa Nui): what; which

Definitions

  1. what; which

Ancestry of “aha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nuclear Polynesianafawhat
2Proto-Oceanicapawhat
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianapawhat
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianapa—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianapawhat
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian apa →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian apa →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian apa →